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Improvements to WooCommerce CSV Export for Customers / Orders January 30 2014

Hi everyone! We’ve been a bit quiet lately since we’ve been busy updating all of our plugins to be compatible with WooCommerce 2.1. However, we wanted to share some of the big changes we’ve made with you to some of the WooCommerce extensions we offer, so we’ll take a look at the WooCommerce Customer / Order CSV Export Suite first.

Re-written to Maximize Performance

We’ve rebuilt the extension from the ground up to vastly improve stability and performance. In the process, we were able to simplify the menu systems, settings, and functionality that the plugin offers. The WooCommerce CSV Export Suite can now export customers and orders from multiple screens and in multiple formats. There’s a bulk csv export tool for both customers and orders from the plugin’s menu under WooCommerce > CSV Export:

WooCommerce Customer / Order CSV Export Suite Export Tool

Built-in Export Tool

This tool was available previously, but was a bit difficult to use. We’ve simplified the tool by requiring a CSV format to be selected under “Settings”, then you simply select the order statuses you wish to export, and the date range for customer or order exports, and that’s it.

Exporting Options

We’re really excited to share the new features we’ve added to the export settings, and think you’ll love them. We’ve added the ability to monitor exports from the “Orders” page to quickly view which orders have already been exported and which are still waiting for export.

We’ve also added automatic exports to the plugin so that you don’t have to manually export orders each day (or multiple times a day!). You can automatically export orders via FTP or HTTP POST in a custom interval (default is 30 minutes) so that you no longer have to manually export orders. You can also automatically upload orders to a remove server via FTP to streamline data transfer between your WooCommerce store and external services, saving time every single day.

WooCommerce Order / Customer CSV Export Automatic Exports

NEW: Automatic Timed Exports!

Other Export Methods

We’ve also given you more tools for exports. Previously, you could only bulk-export orders as needed (and you can still bulk export from the “Orders” page or using the export tool). However, we’ve added individual export capabilities to the plugin so that you can export orders from the “Orders” page, or while editing orders:

 
WooCommerce Order / Customer CSV Export Suite Export Individual Orders

Export Individual Orders

WooCommerce Order / Customer CSV Export Exporting from "Edit Order" Screen

Exporting from “Edit Order” Screen

Basically, we’ve tried to take a plugin that was previously a machete and turn it into an export Swiss Army Knife. That can even cut stuff for you automatically.

WooCommerce CSV Export Format for Orders and Customers

We’ve added a new default export format to the plugin that includes more fields, and simplifies some of the export output. However, we’ve also kept the previous export formats in the plugin (labeled as Legacy formats). You can check out some sample export files if you want to see the changes we’ve made.

You can view more information from the WooCommerce Customer / Order CSV Export Suite sales page at WooThemes, or the full plugin documentation. Go forth and automatically export!

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Introducing Amazon Simple Pay! August 30 2013

Your choices for easy payment processing just increased by one. SkyVerge has just released the WooCommerce Amazon Simple Pay payment gateway extension! While this extension was in the WooCommerce Extension store until about 5 months ago, it was pulled by another developer, so we’ve redesigned it from the ground up to give you the quality and security that we ensure in all of our products.

Amazon Simple Pay will allow you to process payments on your WooCommerce store using credit cards AND your customers’ Amazon balance. You gain the trust that comes from associating with the #1 online retailer, and your customers get the ease of selecting their payment method and checking out with a familiar face (so to speak).

What are the benefits to using Simple Pay?

Aside from super easy payment processing, Amazon provides a straight-forward pricing structure for all of their payment gateways (maybe you’re familiar with this if you’ve seen or used our WooCommerce Amazon FPS Payment Gateway). You’ll only pay for the transactions that you process — no monthly fees or contracts. With transaction fees of 2.9% + $0.30, Amazon Simple Pay is very competitive with major payment processors.

Finally, with Amazon Simple Pay or Amazon FPS, you avoid all PCI security requirements, which means you don’t need an SSL certificate for your store. Customers are redirected to Amazon to make payments during your checkout process, so all security requirements are handled by the same secure servers that Amazon uses to process their payments.

In short, we designed Amazon Simple Pay to offer you even more easy, secure payment processing choices for your WooCommerce store!

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WooCommerce Amazon FPS 2.0 Release (and New Features!) August 23 2013

We all know that Amazon is customers’ favorite online retailer. If you take payments using the WooCommerce Amazon FPS Payment Gateway or another Amazon payment service (stand by – we’ve got another one coming out next week!), you know that the trust you gain by associating with Amazon helps convert customers, and the simple pricing structure saves you headaches when it comes to your bottom line. Now we’ve made integrating Amazon payments into WooCommerce even better with the release of Amazon FPS 2.0!

What’s Different?

First, we rebuilt Amazon FPS from the ground up to improve performance and reliability. Our goal is fewer bugs and easier support with our complete redesign. Even though it may look the same, we’ve upgraded the engine under the hood! Second, the updated Amazon FPS Payment Gateway now offers full support for WooCommerce Subscriptions and WooCommerce Pre-Orders to offer you the flexibility you need for your business.

You can now take full advantage of the WooCommerce Subscriptions extension, which allows you to set up recurring billing for your customers so you get paid on time. The best part? You and your customers have one less thing to worry about (and who doesn’t love automated revenue?). WooCommerce Pre-Orders lets you take an order and charge the customer when that order ships, converting more sales for you since it reduces the hassle for the customer and encourages them to buy your product, regardless of release date. Business owners in need of a fully capable payment processor, meet the new Amazon FPS.

Keep an eye out next week for a new release we’re very excited about — we’ve built a new Amazon Simple Pay extension that we’re sure you’ll love!

Get more details on the functionality and new features we’ve added on the WooCommerce Amazon FPS Payment Gateway extension product page.

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